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Hydrophiidae
Oppel, 1811
- sea snakes
(reptile)
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Entity:
[Xenophidia] (Superfamily)
..[Hydrophiidae] (Family) - sea snakes
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
M. Oppel, 1811, nom. corr.
Original name
:
Oppel, M. 1811. In Commission bey J. Lindauer, München
: 47, 49, 58.
Original rank
:
op. cit.: 49, 58.
Subsequent spelling
:
Description/Diagnosis in Latin
:
op. cit.: 47 (key), 49, 58-59.
Attributes
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present.
Syst. Nat. 2000
: 2 Mar 2017.
Variants
Different rank
:
Hydrophiinae
(Subfamily)
Oppel, 1811
Incorrect spelling
:
Hydropheidae
(Family)
Ref:
P. Uetz, [1995-]1996
: 30 Dec 1996.
[inferred]
Synonyms
In
:
Elapidae
(Family)
Boie, 1827
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1998
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zeeslangen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sea snakes
Ref:
J. Coborn, 1994
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